EFEKTIVITAS PENDIDIKAN KESEHATAN TENTANG CUCI TANGAN DENGAN METODE HAND WASHING DANCE TERHADAP KEMAMPUAN CUCI TANGAN PADA ANAK SD DI SDN 3 LEMBAH, KECAMATAN BABADAN, KABUPATEN PONOROGO

ABSTRACT Children of school age is a period when children are vulnerable to various diseases, which are generally related to clean and healthy living behavior, one of which is washing hands. A health education about hand washing is needed that is in accordance with the character of simple children, can develop aspects of learning and develop the ability/potential of students, namely hand washing dance. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of health education about hand washing with the hand washing dance method on the ability to wash hands in elementary school children at SDN 3 Lembah, Babadan District, Ponorogo Regency. The method used in this research is one group pretest posttest. Sampling used a total sampling technique for all 4th graders with a total of 24 children. Data collection techniques using observation sheets and data analysis using the Wilcoxon Sign Rank Test with a p value <0.05. The results of this study indicate that of the 24 respondents before being given the intervention in the poor ability category as many as 83.3% of the respondents, then after being given the intervention in the good ability category as many as 91.7% of the respondents. Bivariate analysis obtained p value (0.000) < (0.05) so it can be concluded that health education about hand washing with soap with the hand washing dance method is effective in improving the ability to wash hands in elementary school children. Keywords: health education, hand washing, hand washing danc